Health Update

Well unfortunately there haven't been any positive developments on the health front. I have visited just about every specialist in the valley, except the allusive Rheumatologist, and all reply with the same answer "it seems like it is Auto Immune" to which I inquire where to get treated and am given a shoulder shrug. Grrr...

The seizures are better some days and others not. The last three days they have been terrible, my spleen area is aching again, and I am so dizzy and out of it. I sleep constantly but still feel worn out. My right eye is swollen and I have terrible sharps pains in the right side of my head.

It's so frustrating for me to feel okay one day and another just not be able to function. To feel your limbs shaking and jolts all over and in my head is so scary. For someone who always prided herself on being quickwitted, hyper organized and on top of everything, feeling confused, forgetful, dizzy and just dumb is hard for me to swallow. Needless to say, emotionally this is starting to take a toll on me.

A week from tomorrow we are heading up to Scott and White in Temple to visit a neurologist there. I am glad to be going but am apprehensive about getting to see the specialists I really need to see. Everyone just keeps telling me that once I get there I will see the right people, but I am skeptical. But Carlos, Emma and I are making the trip and will see what comes out of it.

Emmaisms

Emma has been entertaining us recently with her neverending dialogues. Some recent goodies were:
"Mommy, God is a fairy because he has wings."

"Why do angels and God only wear white, don't they like colors?"

Pointing to her chest, "What are these Mommy?", to which I innocently repied "Those are your nipples or boobies". Emma then said "Mommy you have really big ones!" I cried so hard it hurt!

While visiting a public bathroom, Emma asked me what I was doing to which I replied "I am going to the bathroom". She then screams at the top of her lungs "My Daddy poops and farts alot in the bathroom!" Glad he wasn't there to hear that one.

Catching Up...

Whew, April is flying by! We just got back from an Easter trip to LA that was so fun! Emma blew bubbles, colored with chalk and played ball with Nana and Pops and got along so well with Nell. The girls dyed Easter Eggs, made the Bunny cake together and hunted Easter Eggs in the backyard. We also went to see Mike the Tiger and got some great shots of him pacing about before having a yummy dinner. Easter Sunday was very stormy but we had a great time visiting all the cousins. Emma was just playing and playing with everyone and enjoying the attention. I think we came home with more stuff than we brought! Emma cried on the way home and said she didn't want to leave Nana and Pops and go home. Then she proceeded to say things like "There's a lot of trees where Nana lives", "Nana lives so far away", "There are alligators at Nana's house", "Are we going back tomorrow?", "Are we going to Kensely's (cousin) house now?" Always entertaining that one...